Adventurer
IS OFFLINE
27
Renown
Half Sylvan/Half Human (With a tail)
40 POSTS & 0 LIKES
|
Post by Yuki Sakoda on Jun 14, 2023 4:59:03 GMT -5
Yuki swung open the door to The Winter's Howl, A Local Tavern within Frost Gale, as she immediately marched shivered her way over to the fireplace, letting out a sigh of relief as she immediately started to warm up. She slid off her overly large coat and tied it around her waist, revealing her midriff showing top and her red legs. She knew of Frost Gale's unforgiving climate, but Yuki was the kind of woman that refused to wear pants, so she immediately crouched down and started to rub the feeling back in her legs as the red color was slowly starting to fade away. She then stood up and opened up one of her coat pockets as she pulled out her cigarette holder and opened up a wooden case and pulled out one of her hand rolled cigarettes and put the case back in her pocket and then fixed her cigarette into the cigarette holder. She then bent over, bringing the holder to her lips as she leaned close to the flame of the fireplace enough to let it the flame lick the tip of her cigarette as she took a drag. She straightened back up and pulled the holder from her lips as she exhaled the smoke in the air with a relieved sigh.
One last thing she did was turned around as the half elf of the sylvan variety/half human, oddly enough had a long fluffy tail which was limp and stiff and had some ice poking out from several locations as her tail started to thaw out and slowly come back to life as it started to sway from side to side. She then strutted her way over to the bar as she got the bartender's attention with a friendly smile. "Your warmest drink please and thank you." She then brought the cigarette holder to her lips again and then pulled it away, looking up to exhale the smoke away from anyone with proper etiquette as sat on the barstool and lifted one leg up too cross over the other as she then smiled and accepted the mug of ale presented before her. "Thank you." The tavern was fairly busy, but there was an open seat beside the lovely half-elf with the unique tail as she slowly nursed her mug of ale and enjoyed the warmth of the tavern.
|
|
Adventurer
IS OFFLINE
68
Renown
Human
Do you want a cookie?
25 POSTS & 0 LIKES
|
Post by Cherith Palsind on Jun 15, 2023 0:34:44 GMT -5
A few minutes after Yuki sits down, the door flies open, letting the chilly air from the city into the warm tavern. A tall older man with a long fur coat and a large white beard walks in with a battle axe strapped to his belt. His head and shoulders are covered in snow, and his cheeks are red like a strawberry. He wipes the snow off his shoulders and rubs his leather-gloved hands together to warm them up. He looks over at the bartender with a jolly grin and his hands on his hips. “Good afternoon Alex. Can I get my usual?” he says. The bartender nods and heads into the kitchen to grab his order. His eyes scan the room for anyone or anything interesting to interact with. He sees the strange woman with a fox tail sitting at the bar.
The old man slowly walks over to the bar then sits down on the barstool next to the strange-looking woman. He rests his arms on the bar and looks at Yuki with a kind face. “Hello there friend, my name is Cherith. I haven’t seen you around here before. What is your name?” says Cherith wondering if she might be a traveler.
|
|
Adventurer
IS OFFLINE
27
Renown
Half Sylvan/Half Human (With a tail)
40 POSTS & 0 LIKES
|
Post by Yuki Sakoda on Jun 15, 2023 6:12:50 GMT -5
As the door sung open again Yuki shivered, she forgot about the drafts from opening the door to the place would bring back the bitter cold, however she wasn't going to let that force her to put her coat back on as she knew it would just be temporary. She took a sip of her ale and closed her eyes and sighed in relief at the warm that was brought to her internally. She then noticed a slightly chubby, kind soul sat beside her and started to small talk. She turned her head to him with a smile and noticed he had some left over snow on the side of his arm, reached over and gently brushed some of that off of him. "Nice to meet you Cherlith!" She mentioned giving him a grin and a wink before extending her hand out to him. "I'm Yuki, and yes I'm not from around here. I'm just here in this bitterly cold area, studying the weather in hopes that it would help me gain more knowledge when it comes to magic of the sky domain variety."
She then took another drag from her cigarette holder as she pulled it from her lips and exhaled the smoke away from them as she then looked back at him with curiosity. "How do you get used to the climate here? I can't imagine being a life long resident. I feel like I need to cuddle up to you for warmth." She teased as she then again glanced over hearing the commotion from the group of people at the nearby table as she had a concerned look on her face. "They have been arguing for quite a while in a language I've never heard before, I wonder if they need some help."
|
|
Adventurer
IS OFFLINE
68
Renown
Human
Do you want a cookie?
25 POSTS & 0 LIKES
|
Post by Cherith Palsind on Jun 16, 2023 3:24:04 GMT -5
Cherith gives her a nod with a smile on his face. “Well, it’s nice to meet you Yuki. If you really are looking for a place to work on sky magic you might want to check out the mountains to the east,” he says. Alex comes back from the kitchen with a plate of cookies and a mug of hot coco. A sweet and welcoming aroma wafts from the food to Yuki’s nose. “I owe you for getting me all that wood, now I’ll be able to heat this place for a couple more months,” they say, placing the hot food in front of him.
The old man grabs his mug of coco and takes a sip before taking a bite out of one the cookies, leaves behind crumbs in his beard. “It can get quite cold up here, so you have to dress warmly if don’t want to turn blue,” he says with a mouth full of cookies. He offers one of the treats to Yuki and places it in front of her.
He takes another sip from the mug before looking back at the commotion in the back of the tavern. Cherith wipes the cookie crumbs from his big white beard. “Those two have been in the city for a few days now. I’ve seen that one with a cart and walking into town, assume that he is a merchant,” he says pointing to the older Fellblood man speaking to a young Halfling woman. He stands up and starts walking towards the people, inquiring what is wrong.
|
|
Adventurer
IS OFFLINE
27
Renown
Half Sylvan/Half Human (With a tail)
40 POSTS & 0 LIKES
|
Post by Yuki Sakoda on Jun 17, 2023 15:49:43 GMT -5
Yuki smiled at Cherith's suggestion. "It's funny you mention that. I actually intended to head to those mountains. I figured that's where the winds would be at it's most unforgiving." She then listened at interest and about how helpful Cherith was to the tavern owner and smiled at how helpful this stranger to her seamt to be. As Cherlith explained the warm clothing she nodded in understanding, though she sighed at the thought. "Not going to lie, I wish I knew of some kind of cold resistant accessory." She mentioned with a giggle and then got a whiff of the smell of the freshly baked cookies as she closed her eyes, maintaining a smile before she opened her eyes and looked down to see Cherith set a cookie in front of her. "Oh nono, I can't ta...oh who am I kidding? Thank you, if I owe you anything, let me know." She mentioned as she took the cookie and took a bite out of it.
The half elvan beauty suddenly slumped in her seat, completely relaxing as she slowly enjoyed the gooey-ness of the freshly baked cookie. "Mmm...this is a cookie made for the Pantheons, thank you for making this for Cherith Alex." She mentioned as she suddenly started humming and doing a small happy dance in her seat as she took another bite. She then noticed Cherith was getting up and walking towards the fellblood and half elf and finished her cookie and another sip of her warm drink as she stood up and walked over to join Cherith. I can understand the halfling for the most part so I will try to help her out.
She then walked over to her and listened to what she had to say. "Ok, so she's saying she purchased some goods from this merchant, and the merchant owes her Eight Solars, but every time she mentioned he gets mad and rubs his stomach. Wait wait wait. Is he confusing eight and ate?" She mentioned as she motioned towards the fellblood, "Talk to him again, I will try to gesture what you're saying." To which then when the halfling spoke to the fellblood again, Yuki was doing charades and when it came to eight. She shook her head no as she brought her hands to her mouth and wiggled her head from side to side as if eating something imaginary. She then held out one palm and swiped her hand along it as if sliding money out of her hand and held up four fingers in each hand. The fellblood looked puzzled at Yuki and then his eyes lit up in understanding, but instead of just giving her Eight solars, the fellblood spoke in a manner that was hard for Yuki to even understand as she took a drag from her cigarette holder before pulling it from her lips and exhaling a stream of smoke into the air before looking over to Cherith with a shrug, "I'm stumped, do you understand what he's saying?"
|
|
Adventurer
IS OFFLINE
68
Renown
Human
Do you want a cookie?
25 POSTS & 0 LIKES
|
Post by Cherith Palsind on Jun 19, 2023 22:11:03 GMT -5
Cherith looks at Yuki confusedly. How would he know what this guy is saying? He looks back and forth at the two individuals patiently waiting for a translation. He lets out a sigh as he starts to listen to the old Fellblood. "I'll give it my best shot, but I can't make any promises that I will be able to understand him."
Cherith carefully listens to what the old man is saying. It finally dawns on him that the individual is, in fact, speaking abyssal. He has met some people who can speak Abyssal and has learned a little bit of the language. He can try to guess what he is saying through his actions and the very few words he knows, but it won't be perfect.
He watches as the Fellblood bows his head and says a few words in abyssal. Cherith listens and says a rough translation of what he said. "He says he apologizes for his behavior and that he would like to make a counteroffer in her favor of 9 Solars instead of 8 for the small ruby," Cherith says, looking at the halfling woman. The merchant gave a strange look towards Cherith but quickly calmed down as if to trust him that he translated him correctly.
|
|
Adventurer
IS OFFLINE
27
Renown
Half Sylvan/Half Human (With a tail)
40 POSTS & 0 LIKES
|
Post by Yuki Sakoda on Jun 24, 2023 9:47:36 GMT -5
As Cherith stared at Yuki confusedly, Yuki just gave him a innocent grin and a shrug before watching him go into focus mode trying to figure out what he was saying. She tapped on her cigarette holder to make some ash from her cigarette fall to the ground as she took another drag from it, repeating her usual process of smoking as she stuck to a certain etiquette and made sure not to exhale smoke in anyone's direction. She then listened to Cherith begin to speak and an eyebrow lifted up in intrigue to find out what conclusion Cherith came up to.
She then smiled as she found out the Fellblood apologized for the confusion and appeared to want to give even more money if the Halfling woman gave up her Ruby Pendant. "Oh nice, there we go, how does that sounds?" The woman looked hesitant at first, but then she took off her pendant and stretched it out towards the merchant, however the merchant didn't take the pendant and instead had a grin and was wiggling his eyebrows at the woman. To which Yuki looked to the woman puzzled and then over towards Cherith before she blushed a little as she had a surprised look on her face. "Ohhhh, perhaps he doesn't mean ruby as in her pendant. I think he was calling her a small ruby?" She then giggled, "I think he meant to give you an extra solar in exchange for some more of your time." She teased as she looked at Cherith with a shrug.
The halfling was blushing at this point as she then looked to the Fellblood and shrugged her shoulders and gave him a nod and a smile, to which the Fellblood grinned back and the two of them walked away side by side to head over to a private table to conversate. "Good luck, communicate with your hands if you need to." Yuki called out as she then walked back over towards Cherith. "Good work on the translation. I would have never been able to translate any of what you did."
|
|
Adventurer
IS OFFLINE
68
Renown
Human
Do you want a cookie?
25 POSTS & 0 LIKES
|
Post by Cherith Palsind on Jun 30, 2023 16:45:18 GMT -5
Cherith looks on with wonder as Yuki tries to come to a conclusion. He crosses his arms and strokes his beard in anticipation for the explanation. What if he accidently messed up the translation and he meant something completely different. The Fellblood was hard to interpret, but through his interactions with others who spoke abyssal, he reassured himself that he was right.
Wait, she was the ruby? Man is this guy a sweet talker. Cherith places his hands on hips and lets out a jolly chuckle upon realizing what has just transpired. "I hope you have a great time," he says to the couple, still laughing at his own rough translation. Maybe his skills in translating a language he barely knew were better than he thought.
"Oh I wouldn't have done much if weren't for your interpretations. You know if its to much to ask, would you mind if I pay for your drink?" he says gesturing towards the bar. He sits back down in front of his cookies and hot coco, which has cooled down a bit. He reaches into his pocket and slaps down a solar on the bar, then tells Alex that he is paying for this young women's drink.
He looks over at Yuki with another cookie in his mouth. "How long do you plan to stay in town for?"
|
|
Adventurer
IS OFFLINE
27
Renown
Half Sylvan/Half Human (With a tail)
40 POSTS & 0 LIKES
|
Post by Yuki Sakoda on Jul 2, 2023 6:56:14 GMT -5
"Actually, if it's not too much to ask in return, how about instead of buying me a drink, how about another plate of those praise-worthy cookies for us to share?" She asked as she looked between Cherith and the barkeep, to which the barkeep nodded and went to fetch that instead. Yuki then sat cross-legged on the barstool again as she took one last drag from her cigarette holder before exhaling the smoke and pulling the cigarette out from the holder and put out the cig and exhaled the smoke as she put the holder back in the pocket of her coat.
She then smiled as she shook her head a little at the stay in town. "Not for long if I can help it. The cold environment is not for me. I will probably venture to the mountains and return for another night's stay and then head back towards warmer climates." Her tail then started to sway back and forth and then upwards a little curving at the tip, almost as if forming a question mark with her tail as she smiled at him warmly. "So, tell me more about yourself and what it's like living here, do you usually come across danger while you are busy chopping wood, or are things peaceful around these parts?"
|
|
Adventurer
IS OFFLINE
68
Renown
Human
Do you want a cookie?
25 POSTS & 0 LIKES
|
Post by Cherith Palsind on Jul 8, 2023 4:56:48 GMT -5
"Alex makes some of the best cookies around, well maybe except for me," he says, letting out a chuckle. Little does anyone know, but not only is Cherith a successful lumberjack, he is also an excellent baker.
Cherith puts on a face of worry for the young lady. "If your dead set heading up to those mountains, you might want to get yourself one of these," he says, grabbing the lapel of his coat. "You won't even last an hour in that weather, whether you are heading to the mountains or not."
He puts another cookie in his mouth as he lets out a chortle. "Well, there isn't really much to say about me. I've lived in Frost Gale all my life and have run my lumber business out of the Coldwood for many years," he says with a mouth full of cookies. He places his hand on the large axe strapped to his belt. "I've made a small cabin out there with this very axe where I cut lumber and keep people warm."
He gives a look of sternness as she asks about the living situation of the area. "Well it's safe within the city and other towns for the most part, maybe a few ruffians here or there," he says taking a sip of his coco. "But outside of that there is a looming threat of either freezing to death or being eaten alive by hungry creatures looking for an easy meal, so if you are looking for to venture off the beaten path, you should be ready to defend yourself." Cherith usually gives information like this with smile, but he thinks that this is the only way to hammer into Yuki's mind that Frost Gale is one of if not the most dangerous regions in Charon.
|
|
Adventurer
IS OFFLINE
27
Renown
Half Sylvan/Half Human (With a tail)
40 POSTS & 0 LIKES
|
Post by Yuki Sakoda on Jul 16, 2023 7:11:47 GMT -5
She took everything Cherith said to heart, nodding to him about the clothing and about the dangers as she was munching on a cookie herself. "Don't worry about me, as much as I have a dislike for warm clothing, I definitely know when to wear it when it's a necessity." She mentioned as she patted her coat that was tied around her waist, which is pretty warm when she actually wears it. She then noted his axe, "Oh wow, that looks like one well crafted axe. Did you just find that in a random shop? Also, does your axe have a name?" She joked as she then looked up at him as she took a sip of her drink after he answered that question, she moved on to the next question. "So Cherith, do you have family here?" She asked as she rested her elbow on the bar and rested her hand on her cheek as she looked at him with curious smirk as she also shifted her eyes towards the Fellblood and the halfling who were holding hands from across the table while smiling at each other but also were tilting their head like a confused puppy, apparently still having some language issues but working though it as Yuki grinned at the site as she picked up another cookie and took a bite out of it.
|
|
Adventurer
IS OFFLINE
68
Renown
Human
Do you want a cookie?
25 POSTS & 0 LIKES
|
Post by Cherith Palsind on Jul 30, 2023 0:23:37 GMT -5
Cherith pulls the axe from his belt and places it on the bar. "Well thank you, it's a family heirloom that I inherited from my mother long ago and was named after her, Beatrice. I do I have my fathers axe but that's tucked away for now," he says as he runs his hand across the name carved into the handle of the weapon. "I carry this axe around to remind me of our family moto, always raise up those who need help."
He looks at the sylvan women in front of him with intrigue. "Well enough about me lets talk about you. Where are you from, you don't sound like any of the folks around here, based on your questions." She's probably from somewhere much more warm based on her choice of clothing, but it's best to double check.
Cherith takes a glances at the large tail behind her. "If I may ask, what's going on with the large pretty tail, I haven't met a sylvan before, but I've never heard about any with a tail," he says gesturing to the pile of fluff behind Yuki. Maybe it's something that she intentionally placed on herself, there are people that are able to connect extra limbs to others for the right money.
|
|